Bells ring out as Tate Modern turns 10

Tate Modern celebrated its 10th birthday today with some of Britain's leading artists and local schoolchildren.

Tracey Emin and former Turner prize winner Martin Creed joined gallery director Sir Nicholas Serota and more than 150 children as they cut a Tate Modern-shaped cake in the turbine hall.

The children walked in a celebratory procession from Borough Market to the gallery led by the London School of Samba. Southwark Cathedral's bells rang 10 times to mark the occasion.

Tate, working with artist Maurizio Cattelan and curators Cecilia Alemani and Massimiliano Gioni, has also invited 50 independent art collectives to create unique projects for a global arts festival as part of the celebrations.

More than 45 million visitors have passed through the gallery's doors since it opened to the public.